Isle of Grain
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Isle of Grain is a village and the easternmost point of the Hoo Peninsula within the district of Medway in Kent, south-east England. Once an island and now forming part of the peninsula, the area is a
St James Church
London Stone, Yantlet Creek
The Grain Tower (constructed in 1855), and causeway seen at low tide 2008
Anti-tank obstacles on the beach at the Isle of Grain
Grain Tower
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Grain Tower is a mid-19th-century gun tower situated offshore just east of Grain, Kent, standing in the mouth of the River Medway. It was built along the same lines as the Martello towers that were co
Isle of Grain
…here but has navigation policing rights on a debatable area of estuary or sea as far as the seaside resort of Margate which has normal sea salinity. Grain Tower, a fort about a quarter of a mile off-shore and accessible at low tide, was completed in 1855. Concrete emplacements and shelters were added during the…
Grain Tower at low tide
Image of grain battery tower at low tide
1870 view of the forts at the mouth of the Medway: (left to right) Garrison Point, Grain Tower, Grain Fort
Grain Tower Battery, Rochester, United Kingdom, 2019